FDR: “That really is the rottenest thing that has been said in public life…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 1941

That really is the rottenest thing that has been said in public life in my generation.

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Democratic · New York

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Press Conference

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FDR: “That really is the rottenest thing that has been said in public life in my generation.”